Risk factors and psychosocial characteristics of potential problematic and problematic internet use among adolescents: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kormas, Georgios ^a   Critselis, Elena ^a   Janikian, Mari ^a   Kafetzis, Dimitrios ^a   Tsitsika, Artemis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

addictive; adolescent; behavior; internet; problematic internet use; psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79960676781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-595     Document Type: Article

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